n. the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

n. the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"

n. a major subdivision in a country

n. (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake

n. someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for the job"

n. a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

n. the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

v. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"

v. put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

v. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

adj. in the service of the community or nation: "state security"

adj. related by blood; not adopted; "natural parent"

adj. in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena"

adj. existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers"

adj. existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation"

adj. (of a key) containing no sharps or flats; (of a note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone; "a natural scale"; "B natural"

adj. functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies; "it's the natural thing to happen"; "natural immunity"; "a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild"

adj. in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena"

adj. being a card other than a wild card or joker

adj. supported and operated by the government of a state; "a state university"

adj. free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; "an unaffected grace"

adj. free from artificiality; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction"

adj. not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace"

adj. involving or derived from living organisms; free from chemical treatments or additives; "organic gardening is more natural"; "nonsynthetic fertilizer"

adj. produced without being planted or without human labor: "wild strawberries"

adj. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton"

n. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

n. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

n. a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"

n. high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"

n. a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

n. a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"

n. an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"

n. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

n. the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

n. a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose

n. a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person

n. a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"

n. the earliest known inhabitants of a region

n. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

n. a member of an uncivilized people

n. a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

n. a person who inhabits a particular place

n. someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

v. put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

v. formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

v. bring up a topic for discussion

v. furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"

v. bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

v. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

v. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

v. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"

v. represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"

v. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

v. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

v. provide commentary for a film, for example

v. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

v. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

v. give an account of; "The witness related the events"

v. have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

v. give information

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

adj. inexperienced

adj. simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

adj. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"

adj. existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation"

adj. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"

adj. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"

adj. existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers"

adj. having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap"

adj. exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis"

adj. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"

adj. not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

adj. not mixed with impurities; "unadulterated maple syrup"

adj. free from dirt or stain: "pristine mountain snow"; "the unsullied splendor of eternal youth"- Oscar Wilde; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L. P. Smith

adj. without soil or spot or stain

adj. of reputation; "his unsullied name"; "an untarnished reputation"

adj. of great interest to the public; "a person in the public eye"

adj. owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks"

adj. open to or in view of all; "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor"

adj. having some of the features of public institution

adj. supported and operated by the government of a state; "a state university"

adj. accessible to all

adj. (of offspring) generated by procreation; "naturally begotten child"

adj. simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"

adj. existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers"

adj. existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation"

adj. in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena"

adj. in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena"

adj. (psychol) characterized by average intelligence and ability and development

adj. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"

adj. relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000"

adj. relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"

adj. having normal blood pressure

adj. free from psychological disorder; "a well-adjusted personality"

adj. of great interest to the public; "a person in the public eye"

adj. owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks"

adj. open to or in view of all; "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor"

adj. having some of the features of public institution

adj. in the service of the community or nation: "state security"

adj. accessible to all

adj. without artificiality; natural; "the doctor's quiet unmannered entry"

adj. not self-conscious; "she grew up with him in unselfconscious friendship"

adj. flowing naturally and continuously; "unstilted conversation"

adj. not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship; "what a cushy job!"; "the easygoing life of a parttime consultant"; "a soft job"

adj. easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

adj. lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly"

adj. made easy or uncomplicated

adj. resembling a living organism in organization or development; "society as an integrated whole"

adj. not suitable for cultivation or tilling; "thickets of indigenous trees...on uncultivable land"- C.B.Palmer

adj. (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops; "uncultivated land"

adj. (of a piece of ground) not have a crop sown on it; "farmland still unsown"

adj. not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"

adj. not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature; "an unnatural death"; "the child's unnatural interest in death"

adj. suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu"

adj. contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

adj. not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"

adj. being or having the character of a miracle

adj. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley

adj. raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp"

adj. lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"

adj. speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

adj. artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"

adj. prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process; "processed ores"